Electric fire



Feb. 9 1926.

H. H. BERRY ELECTRIC FIRE Filed Sept. 5, 1924 FAQ-3-5- .Znueni'bz'"Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

U NIT ED STATES HERBERT HENRY BERRY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

ELECTRIC FIRE.

Application filed September 5, 1924. Serial No. 736,190.

To all whom it may cmwem:

Be it known that I, HERBERT HENRY BERRY, a British subject, residing at85-86 Newman Street, London, W. 1, England, have'invented new and usefulImprovements in Electric Fires, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to electric fires of the kind in which imitationfuel is arranged in a grate or fireplace and has behind it one or moreelectric lamps preferably in conjunction with flicker-producing devices,said fuel being in slab like form and translucent so that the light fromthe lamps will shine through it.

With this type of electric fire it is usual to provide one or moreheating elements, say electric resistances and a reflector whichgenerally extends from the back of the fire in an upward and forwarddirection.

My improved fire may include any suitable form of electric resistanceand a reflector but if these are employed they are preferably easilydetachable, that is detachable without mechanical skill and so as to beused at will.

The chief object of my invention is to provide a fire which shall bevery reallstic in appearance, easily manufactured, not likely to get outof order and with which the slab-like fuel can be used with betteradvantage.

According to my invention I construct an independent basket or gratehaving an ornamental or other front and I arrange behind the front apanel in which one or more slabs of imitation fuel is or are fitted andI provide a second panel to form the top of the fire and also fit intoit one or more slabs of imitation fuel, the construction of the saidpanel being such that it, with the fuel, can be lifted away from thegrate or basket to give access to the interior of the grate, anessential feature of the invention being that I provide a bar on one ofthe panels which hides the junction between the front panel and the toppanel so that the grate or basket will appear to be filled with fuel.

The back of the grate or basket, or it may be the back of the upperpanel, may be provided with brackets carrying suitable in sulatedcontacts to receive one or more heating elements and the back of thebasket may be provided with means to removably hold a reflector. As anexample of this means I may provide sockets on the back of the grate orbasket and I may furnish the reflector with feet adapted to fit into thesockets by simply dropping therein.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows one of my improved electric fires having an ornamentalfront the top bar of which hides the junction between the front paneland the top panel.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of Fig. 1,

but with the addition of brackets mounted on the back of the upper paneland adapted to receive an electric heating element. This drawing alsoshows a reflector having an extension or leg fitting into a socket onthe back of the grate.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of another grate.

In Figs. 1 and 2, the grate 1, lamp 2, and flicker producing fan 3, areconventional. The front of the grate is filled with imitation fuel 4held in a front panel 13, while an upper and readily removable panel 12is provided with imitation fuel 7 The fuel 4: and 7 is made up of slabs,one or more oil: which are fitted into the respective panels. Thejuncture between the upper panel 12 and the front panel 13, which wouldotherwise be unsightly, is covered by a top bar 10 of the grate, thesaid top bar being carried by the upper panel 12, as shown.

If desired, and as illustrated in Fig. 2 butomitted from theillustration of Fig. 1, the top panel 12 may be provided with brackets14 supporting a heating element shown in dotted lines at 15. Thisheating element has pins 16 engaging sockets 17 in the bracket so as tobe readily removable. With such heating element, there is provided areflector 20 arranged in rear of the element and extending above theimitation fire, the lower end of the reflector being removably seated insockets 18 on the back of the grate.

In Fig. 3, the construction is similar to that previously described,except in the fact that the front panel 21, corresponding to the panel13 of the preferred form, is provided at its upper end with a forwardlyextending fuel confining bar 24. The upper panel 22 of this formoverlies and bears upon the confining bar 24 of the front panel and isprovided at its forward edge with a bar 23 which is disposed in linewith the remaining grate bars and covers the junc ture between thesupporting bar of panel 22 and the confining bar 24 of front panel 21.

ent grate, a panel fitted into the front of the grate, imitation fuel inthe panel, a second panel fitted over the grate and removable panel andadapted to be positioned in front of and conceal the juncture betweenthe 10 panels at the upper forward edges thereof when the panels are inapplied position.

, In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

\Vhat I claim is An electric fire, comprising an lndependtherefrom,imitation fuel carried bythe sec:

ond panel, and a bar carried by said second HERBERT HENRY BERRY.

